The Anthem Philatelist

Although the Communications Museum of Macau is located at a very awkward, far, and hard-to-reach place, it is still worth a visit. The Communications Museum boasts of uniqueness and distinctiveness because it is the only museum in Macau that features the mechanics and specifications of such basic items such as the telephone or how the post works. Not only that, it's also one-of-a-kind for the reason that it's the only museum in Macau that is situated along the Grand Prix circuit. The Communications Museum was inaugurated on the 1st of March of this year, which makes it the youngest and newest museum in Macau. It presents its exhibits in two main areas: the Post or Philately area and Telecommunications area. One of the main objectives of the Communications Museum is to serve the Macao p opulation, especially primary and secondary students, aiming at stimulating interest in Philatelic Collection, promoting scientific and technical knowledge of telecommunications, and ...

In 1887, a Bogota comedian named José Domingo Torres, combined his two passions of theatrical music and his love for his country to push for the creation of a national anthem for Colombia. He decided to use as the lyrics of the anthem an inspiration poem written by then President Rafael Núñez commemorating the city of Cartagena, and asked his friend Oreste Sindici , an Italian opera teacher, to compose the music. The anthem, containing eleven verses in total, was first performed in November of that year in a music hall in the public school where Sindici taught. The anthem was officially adopted by Congress in 1920, and an official transcription was made in 1946. Little is known about the first years of the life of Rafael Núñez . It is known that he served as Judge of the circuit of Chiriquí, Panama in 1848. Later that year he founded in Cartagena, Colombia, the newspaper 'La Democracia' with the intention of favoring the presidential election of general Obando - as successor of...